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FIA taking one step closer to full on dictatorship. Down with MBS
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FIA taking one step closer to full on dictatorship. Down with MBSFormula 1 drivers could be suspended from racing or lose world championship points for swearing or making political statements under new rules from the sport’s governing body the FIA.
https://www.grandprix247.com/2025/01/23 ... clampdown/In cases involving political, religious or personal statements, the FIA regulations also specify the stewards should demand a “public apology and repudiation of comments.”
Asked about the changes, the FIA said other sports bodies including the NFL and FIFA “have similar rules/fines to protect the integrity of the sport. The FIA is not alone in fining competitors for misconduct.”
When his term comes to an end they need to vote him out. If they don't, I can see the teams sugesting they will set up their own breakaway series. It wouldn't be the first time they've done it.
But hey, that ain't new! It was already so in the Mosley era, remember Prost being declined his F1 'superlicence' on the grounds that he criticized the FIA in 1993?
https://www.grandprix247.com/2025/01/27 ... ke-fia-f1/The Formula 1 drivers went on strike in 1982. And won! Given the current struggle between the FIA and the drivers, can it happen again?
It's one thing to say "You can't say the word 'shit'" because it's bad for kiddies watching.Aty wrote: ↑2 weeks ago Little bit of history:https://www.grandprix247.com/2025/01/27 ... ke-fia-f1/The Formula 1 drivers went on strike in 1982. And won! Given the current struggle between the FIA and the drivers, can it happen again?
Yes, that would be lovely. Millionaires on a strike, having nothing else and better to do.
Joking aside, the issue is non-starter. Today guys are a different breed, and they don't care about those things. They would not win this anyway, I think. FiA would not back-off. Maybe soften slightly, but directive stays.
FiA's argument: Behave as a decent person. This is a family show.
Driver's argument: I don't want to behave, and if I don't get it my way, I am going on strike. (Stamping ground profusely.)
Makes sense? I didn't think so.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/ ... n-despair/Qatari authorities have failed to investigate the deaths of thousands of migrant workers over the past decade, despite evidence of links between premature deaths and unsafe working conditions, Amnesty International said today. The organization’s new report, In the Prime of their Lives, documents how Qatar routinely issues death certificates for migrant workers without conducting adequate investigations, instead attributing deaths to “natural causes” or vaguely defined cardiac failures. These certifications – described by one leading pathologist as “meaningless” – rule out the possibility of compensation for bereaved families, many of whom......
....“When relatively young and healthy men die suddenly after working long hours in extreme heat, it raises serious questions about the safety of working conditions in Qatar.....
.....Epidemiological experts said that in a well-resourced health system, it should be possible to identify the exact cause of death in all but 1% of cases, but Amnesty’s review of data from major labour-sending countries found that the rate of unexplained migrant worker deaths in Qatar may be close to 70%.